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Amazon Tells All About Adobe Indesign CS4 By Accident
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 2:16 PM on September 19, 2008
Looks like somebody over at Amazon made a big oopsies and accidentally put up details of Adobe Indesign CS4 on its website long enough for Apple Insider to get a bunch of screenshots. Features for the software, which is due for a public unveiling on Tuesday, include Live Preflight, conditional text, SWF file export and other additional enhancements. Indesign CS4 will be released on November 1 and cost you $US198. [Apple Insider]
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Frederick Twain
Posted October 14, 2008 3:32 AM
To learn more about the new capabilities coming with Adobe's bew creative suite 4, visit:
http://www.atelier-us.com/consumers-and-ecommerce/article/adobe-creative-suite-4-release-brings-unprecedented-efficiency-via-a-unified-application-interface
Fred
Dudemeister on the Run
Posted 2:48 PM 19/9/08
@Felix26591: me three
Dudemeister on the Run
Felix26591
Posted 2:38 PM 19/9/08
@Advil101: same here
Felix26591
Kharnellius
Posted 2:33 PM 19/9/08
Lol, I totally read that as "Adobe Indecision CS4" by accident.
Kharnellius
Joseph
Posted 2:30 PM 19/9/08
@devianaut: Heh I love your confidence and uncertainty all in the same sentence.
Joseph
Advil101
Posted 2:27 PM 19/9/08
I can't wait to pirate Photoshop cs4 :)
Advil101
devianaut
Posted 2:27 PM 19/9/08
i'm SO stoked for this! cs4 will blow the cs-series out of the water, i sure hope ;)
devianaut
TPIRman
Posted 3:07 PM 19/9/08
Upsell from PageMaker? Yeah, it might be about time to upgrade.
TPIRman
flaxseed
Posted 3:06 PM 19/9/08
It's gonna be another half-assed suite.
CS3 is horrible.
flaxseed
Mr_Maze
Posted 3:16 PM 19/9/08
If the SWF export works as advertised I will be getting this. And realtime preflight! Freaking awesome.
Mr_Maze
Jeice
Posted 3:48 PM 19/9/08
@Dudemeister on the Run:
Ah, people know how to really get the most out of their computers.
Jeice
TehPath
Posted 4:23 PM 19/9/08
We will see, live preflighting might be pretty cool, but I'm currently digging CS3 still.
TehPath
JaLooNz
Posted 5:33 PM 19/9/08
Sad that I just gotten CS3 earlier last month... nvm then I will just grab a updated copy somewhere, since I already "paid" them.
JaLooNz
LazyPanda
Posted 5:27 PM 19/9/08
@flaxseed: I like the interface improvements. other than that it's just same old same old, but not horrible (also I'm on an intel mac so it's a lot better than CS2)
LazyPanda
15sunrises
Posted 6:22 PM 19/9/08
I think $198 is just the upgrade cost, the stand alone will be more...
15sunrises
FreshJulius
Posted 11:04 PM 19/9/08
The question will be whether they have improved the back-end of CS4 to be more streamlined and capable of more efficiently using today's emerging [emerged?] technologies.
Of course there are still plenty of niggling things throughout the suite and tons of inconsistencies from program to program that I would be happy to have addressed...
I don't remember an Adobe launch that rec'vd this much hype before, which I would typically be weary of, except that Adobe knows their products will be fleshed-out quickly and openly...
Let's hope.
FreshJulius
rb4dv
Posted 10:44 PM 19/9/08
Update on Amazon: indesign CS4 comes with a free 60 inch plasma TV.
rb4dv
EVEs_Mako
Posted 11:15 PM 19/9/08
Ok, someone please explain this to me. I used to use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, like before most of you were born, and I have no idea WTF CS2, CS3, CS4 is about. I want to buy (yes, BUY - (v) to pay for...to exchange currency for merchandise...) Illustrator. My question is, WTH package does it come in now?
EVEs_Mako
junkmail
Posted 11:41 PM 19/9/08
Oooh, definitely excited about the live preflight. Conditional text sounds interesting too, but the images are too small to read what that's all about, so I guess I'll have to wait. Either way, should be a good upgrade.
junkmail
DrewTeachesNoobs
Posted 11:38 PM 19/9/08
@EVEs_Mako: CS2, CS3, CS4 is the most recent numbering system given to Adobe products. The "Creative Suite" is the most up-to-date version of each app, so CS4 will be Illustrator 14, Photoshop 11, Indesign 6, Dreamweaver whatever, Flash whatever.
So you can buy Illustrator independently, but it'll still be called CS4, not Illustrator 14.
DrewTeachesNoobs
TonyRockyHorror
Posted 12:04 AM 20/9/08
The alignment and guide improvements are worth the cost to upgrade for me.
TonyRockyHorror
JEmlay
Posted 2:12 AM 20/9/08
@devianaut:
I can't wait either!!! Maybe they got Acrobat up to 2GB this time!!!!
JEmlay
bspence
Posted 2:03 AM 20/9/08
Yeah, I'll BUY it as well.
You pirates are ruining the industry.
bspence
mconheady
Posted 12:48 AM 20/9/08
198 for the upsell version.
mconheady
Turael
Posted 2:30 AM 20/9/08
I am not rebuying it even since I just got the package with CS3 in it. Even with my student discount. :P
Turael
EVEs_Mako
Posted 3:57 AM 20/9/08
em setah yllaer ziG taht ees nac
EVEs_Mako
EVEs_Mako
Posted 3:56 AM 20/9/08
uoy knaht@DrewTeachesNoobs:
EVEs_Mako
bluSCALE4
Posted 3:33 AM 20/9/08
@bxstrb: Noob
bluSCALE4
bluSCALE4
Posted 3:32 AM 20/9/08
@bspence: It's sooo expensive. Now that I'm an adult, I can see myself paying for it but what incentive is there for a kid to save up his money and buy it verses downloading it?
bluSCALE4
bxstrb
Posted 3:31 AM 20/9/08
Gotta agree. CS3 is horrible. We've had so many issues with it at our office especially the larger file sizes that Flash makes. I've gone back to CS2.
bxstrb
chillywilly
Posted 4:45 AM 20/9/08
I've barely scratched the surface of all the CS3 apps. I'm going to wait on this CS4 $700 upgrade for now.
chillywilly
FiveLiters
Posted 6:20 AM 20/9/08
@rb4dv: Actually,it's only $38,at least till "reader Max calls Amazon to confirm the price".
FiveLiters
fudged71
Posted 9:39 AM 20/9/08
I haven't even finished the first counterstrike :(
fudged71
digitalshow
Posted 12:03 AM 20/9/08
Please...let them have all their horrible installer fixed in this new version.
Install...wait 2 hours...findout some major application (like acrobat or illustrator) didn't install... tell it to reinstall...wait 2 more hours to find out they still did not install correctly. Go online to look up some obscure error code - waste another hour...etc.
Aaargh!
I love the software...hate the installer.
digitalshow